…using the term מותר”” (meaning it is permitted) indicates a Torah prohibition. See also Taz’s strong critique of R. Karo’s analysis at Taz 442:1, particularly starting with “כתב ב”י ומ”ש…
…an attempt to save their souls and to murderous pogroms. Ironically, the third mutation of anti-Semitism was born during the Enlightenment. In 1879 Wilhelm Marr coined a new term “anti-Semitism.”…
…caught up in pursuing victory – achievement of our short-term objectives- that we put human life and health at risk. I write these words during the week in which Barry…
…Aramaic texts, I have translated all sources into English but retained key rabbinic terms that I both transliterate and translate. I make the following arguments from halachah, from the teaching…
…נא, ובהרד”א ועוד. וע’ בהגהות מהר”ץ חיות (מגילה יב:) שזה אחד מן המאמרים שהוזכרו בראשונים בשם הירושלמי ולא נמצאו בירוש’ שלפנינו. [5] The term פורס את שמע means to recite…
…God in less physical terms than do the earlier books of the Torah” (xiii) covenant: “Deuteronomy emphasizes this metaphor so frequently that it was later referred to (in 2 Kings…
…I would add that requiring a woman to endure significant anguish to carry a fetus to term is also morally debatable. However, NCJW seem to conclude without warrant that this…
…originally meant “the decisive contest; the real struggle or tussle; a severe contest for supremacy”. Only in the 19th century was it used as a term for an athletic contest…
…Israel in Manalapan have demonstrated conclusively that their passion for the preservation of their shul overrules their own personal choices. Three long-term members and leaders of the synagogue—Bonnie Leff, chair…
…needs, one of the latest buzzwords is the term “microloan,” small loans designed to help people get on their feet and spark their economic potential. Today, I am advocating for…
…seems to have been a deliberate attempt by many of the Talmudic rabbis to limit the bowing ritual, both in terms of its frequency and in terms of how emphatically…
…though R. Kalonymus does not explicitly mentionR. Nachman or his writings, and does not always use the technical term hitbodedut, it is clear both from textual evidence and outside testimonythat…